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Viv Groskop

@VivGroskop

Viv Groskop is a writer, broadcaster and stand-up comedian.

Princess Anne at the opening ceremony of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where she was a member of Britain's equestrian team
Profiles

Princess Anne: the republican's royal of choice

British writer Nick Hornby poses for photographers as he presents the Spanish edition of his book 'Juliet, Naked'
Reviews

Funny Girl by Nick Hornby: Yet another genius idea

Lucy was unlike anything else on television: a woman who was glamorous and maternal but also funny, smart and silly
Features

Comedy genius, rule-breaker, studio mogul: will we ever see a British

Prize poet: Alexander Pushkin
Features

Russian literary prizes: Are you Tolstoy or Dostoevsky party?

Flourishing view: The festival is on a mission to celebrate the timeless bliss of getting lost in a book
Features

2014 Independent Bath Literature Festival: A rapturous return to the

Features

Sugar, I've filed for divorce: What happened when sweet-toothed Viv

Books

Book Review: This is the story of a happy marriage, By Ann Patchett

When Bridget Jones was born in 1995, Viv was too busy living her life to care much about reading someone else's diary
Features

Mad about the girl: The enduring appeal of Bridget Jones

Sarah Millican
Comment

Want a laugh? Wimmin are just the ticket

Late bloomer: Groskop embarked on 100 gigs in 100 nights to launch her career as a stand-up comic
Features

Praying for laughs: Viv Groskop on the funny women who inspired her

Comment

Stay strong, Jimmy Carr - I've been heckled too

Comment

Beyonce, Betty Friedan, and the female mystique myth 50 years on

Comment

Childcare reforms must be seen, not just heard

Comment

Childcare reforms must be seen, not just heard

Comment

Put a price on parenthood if you must, but leave me out of it - I

Comment

Teacher morale at all time low: Cheer up, Miss, some of us love you

Comment

With all the fuss over Kate Middleton's baby, have we learned nothing

Mince pies wait to be eaten before the Wookey Hole Big Eat Mince Pie Eating Contest, at the Wookey Hole Show Caves on November 29, 2006
Comment

Why must sex pervade everything on TV? Not even Mary Berry's mince

Mince pies wait to be eaten before the Wookey Hole Big Eat Mince Pie Eating Contest, at the Wookey Hole Show Caves on November 29, 2006
Comment

Why must sex pervade everything on TV? Not even Mary Berry's mince

Comment

Putin's right this time: If you’re going to have children, then

Comment

The utilisations and abuses of modern English

Comment

Excrement in the Turner Prize? And I'm supposed to be surprised?

Comment

The perks of a life of Crimewatch

Why can't we have more TV presenters like Mary Beard?
Comment

The BBC's trouble with grey hair

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 06: Junk food sits on a table as British Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver announces a partnership to attack state-wide obesity
Comment

These scary links to Alzheimer’s won’t stop us scoffing junk food

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Anna Karenina stars are proof that dyslexia is no bar to

Kiss me quick: A 'Lady Parts' lolly sold as a novelty by the seaside at Blackpool
Men & Women

Why have vaginas - which were once worshipped - become taboo?

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 06: Junk food sits on a table as British Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver announces a partnership to attack state-wide obesity
Comment

These scary links to Alzheimer’s won’t stop us scoffing junk food

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Anna Karenina stars are proof that dyslexia is no bar to

Kiss me quick: A 'Lady Parts' lolly sold as a novelty by the seaside at Blackpool
Men & Women

Why have vaginas - which were once worshipped - become taboo?

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Don't honour Olympians just for doing their job. Except

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Don't honour Olympians just for doing their job. Except

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Offensive jokes? Don't get mad, get silly

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Snobbery has made us a nation of monoglots

Commentators

Viv Groskop: In the night market - how French refuse to surrender to

Reviews

Tigers in Red Weather, By Liza Klaussmann

Reviews

Tigers in Red Weather, By Liza Klaussmann

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Why tax breaks for chauffeurs but not kids?

Reviews

Shine, Shine, Shine By Lydia Netzer

Commentators

Viv Groskop: At least make your 'mum' taunts funny

Commentators

Viv Groskop: 'Fifty Shades' has done wonders for book selling, but

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Don't bash A-Levels until you've sat one again

Commentators

Viv Groskop: The surprise is that there aren't more Georgias

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Anti-royalists admit it. We are doomed

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Are you Mom enough to stop judging other women's

Reviews

The Beginner's Goodbye, By Anne Tyler

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Carla, Luydmila and the woes of First Ladies

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Wherever you go, you can't escape yourself

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Wherever you go, you can't escape yourself

Commentators

Viv Groskop: It's not baby food that's bad for babies...

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Leave our pro-choice culture alone

Turning tide? The Camerons are among Boden’s keenest customers
Commentators

Viv Groskop: Beware the 'Boden backlash' – it's a mirror of Middle

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Trust me on this, failure is absolutely crucial to being

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Trust me on this, failure is absolutely crucial to being

Reviews

A Perfectly Good Man, By Patrick Gale

Reviews

The Land of Decoration, By Grace McLeen

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Poundland may not be a dream job – but it doesn't have

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Did you know Miss Piggy is really a man?

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Page 3 is a fossil from a bygone era

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Welcome to modern motherhood, Beyoncé...

In-your-face parenting: Chinese 'Tiger Mums' featured on BBC2
Commentators

Viv Groskop: The truth about the Tiger Mother? She's as powerless as

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Behind every Christopher Hitchens...

'Elizabeth Taylor was not someone who could be fobbed off with a Tiffany key ring'
Commentators

Viv Groskop: How Liz Taylor put her jewellery to work

Commentators

Viv Groskop: Only the truly strong can let the tears flow

Reviews

The Lovers, By Vendela Vida

Reviews

The Lovers, By Vendela Vida

Reviews

The Forgotten Waltz, By Anne Enright

Reviews

The Spoiler, By Annalena McAfee

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